Articles Category: Gender
Why Strengthening Mental Fitness and Resilience is Crucial for Older Women
For over 60 years, rapid development has taken place in the ASEAN and Malaysian communities. Six decades is a long time, and a variety of social changes have taken place during that period. Development is aimed at upgrading or elevating the life status of communities towards that of developed countries in the aspects of health, … Why Strengthening Mental Fitness and Resilience is Crucial for Older Women
Shiela May Pansoy
Shinta Puspa Dewi
Tra My Nguyen
Tra My Nguyen was a model student all her life, but felt unfulfilled even after landing what she thought was her dream job: an engineer in advanced materials. It did not take long for Tra My to realise she did not want to spend the rest of her life surrounded by cold machines in a … Tra My Nguyen
Nwat Derli Zaw
Noemi Obrero Abainza
Voice of Baceprot: Breaking Barriers with Heavy Metal
In 2014, three teenage girls rocked their way to fame from a small village in Garut, West Java, Indonesia. Firda ‘Marsya’ Kurnia (lead vocal, guitar), Euis Sitti Aisyah (drums), and Widi Rahmawati (bass) formed a band, Voice of Baceprot (pronounced ba-chey-PROT, means “noise” in a West Java dialect). Fans saw them as female artists who … Voice of Baceprot: Breaking Barriers with Heavy Metal
ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women 2022
Strategic Cooperation on Gender Equality, Empowerment and Resilience
ASEAN’s cooperation on advancing gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls sits squarely within the region’s ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and intersects with current and emerging challenges, such as demographic shifts, digitalisation of the region, and security issues, among others. With ASEAN asserting its central and strategic role in the Indo-Pacific … Strategic Cooperation on Gender Equality, Empowerment and Resilience